Scanning Probe Microscope
Scientific instruments, such as this scanning probe microscope,
allow metallurgical engineers to view materials at the atomic level
to more clearly understand their properties.
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Titanium Alloy Hip
Metals are an important building block of modern society. Metals continue to find new applications like this titanium artificial hip replacement.
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Computer Hard Disk
A computer hard disk drive reliably stores
and retrieves computer data on nanoscale regions of the disk. Most
of the drive and its components are made of metal.
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Flotation
Froth is generated on the top of a flotation cell during the processing of ore containing platinum- and palladium-bearing minerals. Flotation concentrates hydrophobic particles from hydrophilic ones.
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